…he said,

“Anyone who harms you 

harms my most precious possession.

Zechariah 2:8

…Think carefully.

I am giving you a promise now

while the seed is still in the barn…

Haggai 2:18-19

So don’t be surprised when I say,

‘You must be born again.’

The wind blows wherever it wants.

Just as you can hear the wind

but can’t tell where it comes from

or where it is going,

so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”

John 3:7-8

…I tell you the truth,

you will ask the Father directly,

and he will grant your request because you use my name.

…Ask, using my name, and you will receive,

and you will have abundant joy.

John 16:23-24

Jesus asked, “Do you finally believe?

I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me.

Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrow.

But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

John 16:31, 33

Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter

the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

Humans can reproduce only human life,

but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.

So don’t be surprised when I say,

‘You must be born again.’

John 3:5-7

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee.

He found Philip and said to him,

“Come, follow me.”

John 1:43

As Jesus walked by,

John looked at him and declared,

“Look! There is the Lamb of God!”

When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus.

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,

was one of these men who heard what John said

and followed Jesus.

Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him,

“We have found the Messiah”

(which means “Christ”).

John 1:36-37, 40-41